#7FBA9EFroggy Pond (#7FBA9E) is a light, soft green with an OKLCH hue of 163°, lightness 0.74 and chroma 0.074. It sits on the cool side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a mid-weight working color for secondary surfaces and editorial blocks.
| HEX | #7FBA9E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(127, 186, 158) |
| HSL | hsl(152, 30%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(152, 32%, 73%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(32%, 0%, 15%, 27%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(70.9 -25.2 8.2) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.740 0.074 163) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Froggy Pond shifts subtly: leans toward yellow-green; in north-facing or shaded light it shifts subtly: drifts toward blue-green. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.7), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#8ab693 — ΔE 1.7, shifts subtly: leans toward yellow-green#87bb9a — ΔE 1.1, shifts subtly: leans toward yellow-green#7fba9e — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#7ebba0 — ΔE 0.3, shifts subtly: drifts toward blue-greenTest Froggy Pond in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 2.23:1 and against black 9.42:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#cfffe7 · #a1d8bd · #7fba9e · #568a71 · #36644f · #164130
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#a4dedd · #8eccbf · #7fba9e · #7ca580 · #788f66 · #737951
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#7fba9e · #73929b · #4a7b64 · #0a5d6d · #14422f · #01242c
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#c1d3ca · #7fba9e · #aa7795 · #537162 · #375145 · #22322a
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#f7eff3 · #7fba9e · #87928d · #5a5457 · #1b2621 · #020101
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#f8eff4 · #d0c5cb · #a4989e · #2b1d25 · #080105 · #7fba9e
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d7dab4 · #7fba9e · #b65986 · #4f6b48 · #392c4a · #170520
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#feecf6 · #7fba9e · #9c85aa · #7a444a · #2e1939 · #080001
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#f0f0ff · #7fba9e · #8a8bb3 · #794833 · #3c1706 · #010007
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#e9f3ff · #7fba9e · #7692b4 · #734561 · #331e00 · #040002
#91C5AB · #A3CFB9 · #B4DAC7 · #C6E4D5 · #D8EFE3
#649980 · #4A7964 · #315B48 · #193F2F · #032417
#8AB7A1 · #93B4A3 · #9CB1A6
Its moderate chroma lets it work in mid-size areas — upholstery, secondary UI surfaces, editorial blocks — without overwhelming neighbors. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.